Larissa Vassilian

Larissa Vassilian (born 17 June 1976) is a German journalist of German-Armenian descent.

She became famous for her podcast "Schlaflos in München" (Sleepless in Munich), using the stage name Annik Rubens.

[3] For German-language learners, she made another project called "Slow German" – a podcast on a variety of topics using clear slow pronunciation and with accompanying transcript.

After high school, from 1995 to 2003, she studied for a master's degree program in American cultural history, political science and ethnology at the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich.

In 2003 and 2004 she completed a correspondence course in freelance and feature writing from the London School of Journalism.